Nancy Hardin Rogers

Background

Rogers, Nancy Hardin was born on September 18, 1948 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Clifford Morris and Martha (Wood) Hardin.

Education

Bachelor with highest distinction, University Kansas, 1969. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1972.

Career

Rogers received her B.A. with highest distinction from the University of Kansas in 1969 and her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1972. Following law school she clerked for U.S. District Judge Thomas D. Lambros in Cleveland and worked at the Cleveland Legal Aid Society. Rogers joined the faculty of the Ohio State University College of Law in 1975.

She focused her studies on alternative dispute resolution, publishing a large number of journal articles and books, and she helped found the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, which is an official publication of the American Bar Association. On January 6, 2007, Rogers became the President of the Association of American Law Schools. On May 28, 2008, Governor Ted Strickland named Rogers as Attorney General, replacing Marc Dann.

Rogers did not seek the position when it was up for reelection in November 2008 and returned to the Moritz faculty following the election.

Achievements

• Bar: District of Columbia 1975, Ohio 1972, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1973, United States District Court (northern district) Ohio 1974, United States District Court (southern district) Ohio 1975.

Membership

Board directors Association for Developmentally Disabled, Columbus, 1980-1985. Legal Services Corporation 1995-2003. Member American Bar Association (chair, standing committee dispute resolution 1988-1991, D'Alemberte-Raven award section on dispute resolution 2002), Association American Law Schools (president 2007), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Douglas Langston Rogers, January 30, 1970. Children: Lynne, Jill, Kim.

Father:

Clifford Morris Hardin

Mother:

Martha (Wood) Hardin

Spouse:

Douglas Langston Rogers

child:

Lynne Rogers

child:

Jill Rogers

child:

Kim Rogers